Johnny van Rensburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johnny van Rensburg

South African boxer

Date of Birth: 09-May-1932

Place of Birth: Lichtenburg, North West, South Africa

Date of Death: 28-Oct-2010

Profession: boxer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Johnny van Rensburg

  • Johnny "Smiler" van Rensburg (9 May 1932 – 28 October 2010 (aged 78)) born in Lichtenburg was a South African amateur bantamweight and professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur won the gold medal at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and represented South Africa at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, losing to Amé rico Bonetti of Argentina, and as a professional won the Transvaal (South Africa) (White) lightweight title, South African lightweight title, South African welterweight title, British Empire lightweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 132 lb (60 kg; 9 st 6 lb), i.e.
  • lightweight to 148 lb (67 kg; 10 st 8 lb), i.e.
  • Middleweight, he died in Roodepoort, South Africa.

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